With the best summer festival lineup in the nation, we weren’t really expecting disappointment, but there’s always a chance. Following a Friday evening performance with Wilco headlining, the first FULL day of this year’s Newport […]
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grass clippings Minute-by-Minute Guide: 2012 Newport Folk Festival
For the third year in a row, a team from grass clippings (this year it’s Stef, Richard, Emily and me) will be on the ground in Newport. And this year, we’ll be running around more […]
Deer Tick’s Fully Loaded After Parties
As we mentioned a few weeks back, Deer Tick is curating three nights of Newport Folk Festival after parties at the Newport Blues Café. Well, the final lineup was announced this week and includes some […]
Anthony D’Amato to Appear at Newport
A late addition to this year’s Newport Folk Festival lineup, Anthony D’Amato, the 24-year-old singer songwriter who won praise after praise from high profile critics for his 2010 Princeton dorm-room-recorded-album, Down Wires (Amazon MP3 & Spotify), […]
Introducing: Notes From The Coast
Well here’s something very exciting: starting today, LA’s THE BLUEGRASS SITUATION is teaming up with New York’s grass clippings blog to bring you “Notes from the Coast.” In an effort to create a dialog between […]
New Jersey’s Sleepy Man Banjo Boys
Most bluegrass musicians can only dream of playing a high profile festival before they hit thirty. Three brothers from rural New Jersey got a head start. This summer The Sleepy Town Banjo Boys, the Mizzone […]
Spirit Family Reunion’s No Separation
Brooklyn’s Spirit Family Reunion releases No Separation, its long awaited full-length album, this Friday, June 15th with a special celebration at the Mercury Lounge. If there’s any band that we’ve watched grow over the few […]
Charles Bradley Doles Out Hugs, Inspiration at the Great GoogaMooga
In a two-day smorgasbord that saw thousands upon thousands of people from Brooklyn and beyond waiting in hour-long lines to shove lobster rolls, crack pies (the Momofuku kind, people) and Magic Hat (or maybe that […]
Deer Tick Curates Newport After Parties
This year’s Newport Folk Festival is just two months out. Today, tickets for an amazing Deer Tick hosted after party on Friday, Saturday and Sunday went on sale…and already sold out. Deer Tick will be […]
This Week’s Must-See-Shows Calendar, Including Trampled By Turtles, The Apache Relay and The Lumineers
To put it simply, there’s way too much happening this week – in a good way. Personally, my goal is to try and make it to see Trampled By Turtles at Webster and/or The Apache […]
March’s First Sunday Six
It’s that time again folks. It came sooner this month than any other. Andrew Bird (Chicago) – Kicking off this month’s six is an album I’m enjoying more than any new album that I’ve heard […]
Newport Folk Festival Lineup Announced
If you thought it couldn’t get any better than it was in 2011, Jay Sweet and the good folks at The Newport Folk Festival proved you wrong tonight. Much more to come on this lineup…most […]
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